_Rabbits._ Few wild; some tame in Morzouk. Brought from the coast. _Hare._ Found in the wadeys; rather scarce. _Camel._ The Maherry, or running Camel. Horse, ass, very few cows; sheep and goats also very scarce. Dogs, two only in Morzouk of the greyhound species. _The Birds are,_ _The Ostrich._ Found in the mountains of Wadan. _Eagle._ Scarce. _Vulture._ Common on the desert. _Hawk._ Common. _Wild Turkey._ In the wadeys north of Sockna. _Raven._ Numerous on the desert. _Duck._ I have seen some flights, but cannot tell whence they come, probably from some waters on the desert. _Coot._ A coot was one night picked up in the street, and brought to our house. It was the first seen in Morzouk. _Sparrow._ The male is slate-coloured, with black marks; the female as in Europe: very numerous. _Swallow._ Slate-coloured, and very small. _Butcher Bird._ Slate-colour. _Owl._ Small species, having horns or feathered tufts. _Wren._ Small, having black wings and yellow breast. _Wagtail._ Resembling a mule Canary-bird. _A bird_ resembling a thrush, but having a long tail. _Wild and tame Pigeons._ The former emigrate in August to Bornou and the Tibboo countries. _Partridges._ North of Sockna. _Domestic fowls_ not very plentiful. _Goose._ A few at Zuela. _Vegetable Productions._ _Gafooly Masr._ Indian corn. _Gafooly Abiad._ A small grain. _Gussub._ A small round brown grain. Dhourra of Egypt. _Gussub Tamzawi._ Another species of the same. _Gussub Albawi._ Another do. _Gummah._ Wheat. _Shair._ Barley. _Tareedi._ Another species of barley, of a red colour. _Bishna._ A small grain resembling canary seed. _Lubia._ A small bean. _Gilgillān._ A small pea. _Latila._ A small black tare. _Kerwia._ Caraway seeds. The seeds of sun-flowers are also eaten, as well as those of the colocynth apple. _Fruits, &c._ _Grapes._ Grow near the wells: almost every garden has a vine. _Pomegranate._ Very fine; not plentiful. _Apricot._ Scarce, and bad. _Peach._ Never comes to maturity. _Apple._ Woolly, tasteless, and scarce. _Melons._ Water melons; good, but scarce. The musk melons are only over-ripe cucumbers. _Figs._ Small, but good. _Corna._ A small round fruit, resembling an apple in form and smell, though not larger than a nut. It has three stones, is very sweet, and eats well when fresh. It grows on a tree sometimes thirty feet in height. Mr. Ritchie conceived this to be the Rhamnus or Lotus. _Esculents._ _Pompion._ Large, yellow, and good. _Kalabash._ Very good, and plentiful. _Geroo._ A fruit much resembling a cucumber in smell, taste, and appearance, when young; but when ripe, it smells like a melon, and is eaten as such. _Turnip._ Tap-rooted, and small; scarce. _Carrot._ Small, no flavour, and scarce. _Radish._ Good, and pungent. _Melochia._ A kind of salading. _Bāmia._ A small pod, used in soup.